Esquisse pour 'Au jardin'

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Esquisse pour 'Au jardin'
oil on canvas
13 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. (33.3 x 41.5 cm.)
Painted in 1885

Provenance

Estate of the artist, Cagnes, and thence by descent.
Edouard Jonas, Paris.
The Lefevre Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner.

Literature

Bernheim-Jeune (ed.), L'Atelier de Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1931, no. 5, pl. 3 (illustrated; titled 'Esquisse').
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Lausanne, 1971, no. 482 (illustrated; titled 'Etude pour "Au jardin"').
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles 1882-1894, vol. II, Paris, 2009, no. 1006, p. 204 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Renoir catalogue critique being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute and established from the archive funds of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein.

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